Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-08

The visitors kicked hard for that run
yesterday. 1t saved n shut-Out.
Now for Columbus, boys! Keep on
climbing. We are all proud of you.
Kalamazoo is still with us, although she
had another narrow escape yesterday.
Ferguson, pitcher for the Phillies, is one
of the best all around players in the team.
Kelly says that at the lowest calcula-
ton Boston will viii 10 League games this
season.
Welch is winning any amount OF praise
for his fine field play from the st. Louis
papers.
Columbus will try three new men in to-
days game with the ShamrOcks, of Gin
cinnati.
The Detroits commenced the season OF
1886 $22, 900 in debt, and are now Just
SIS, 600 ahead.
1t is reported that II. Doescher, the
League umpire, is TO be manager OF the
Indianapolis club.
The ground was in fair condition, in
spite of the shower. The grass is trying
to grow in the out-field.
Dunn ''played ball" yesterday when he
tried to get Crogan in from third by lead
ing off between first and second.
'Here's a pointer: Wheeling will not
be the tail-ender. "-SpOrtsmdR'S Gdzette.
Do we see that smile of Mallory's?
The Chicago friends of Dalrymple have
presented him with a rosewood bat, mount
ed in silver and appropriately engraved.
Director Woods, of the Steubenville
club, says the Wheeling grounds are rot
ten" This is elegant: it is also untrue.
Steele covered short in fine style, and
received great applause for a brilliant
catch of a red-hot liner from Spence's bat
in the fourth.
Steve Taylor's brother Tom is training
the five pitchers of the Philadelphia club.
He says that under his care lame arms
will be unknown.
The seating capacity ofthe new 500, 600
grounds of the Philadelphia ball club is
IA, 500, and the attendance at the opening
game Saturday was l 1000.
King. one of the Browns new pitchers,
IL w lliS up ~ LII VI II. fNi = -AAN
always was the luckiest man in the bust
ness in catching on to phenOmenas.
Weidman is pitchinga remarkable curve
ball, and he has considerable speed. He
came near brushing Dalrymple's ear of
several times in Wednesdays game.
Tony Mullane was fined $l5 at Louis
vile Sunday for talking back to Umpire
Walsh. The trouble was caused by the
latter's calling Mnllane down on his de
livery.
Mr.. W. B. Howell, the genial proprietor
of the Howell House, has presented the
Wheeling club with a number of fine bats
which they are using with fine effect at
present.
Welch is the n~erviest batter in the pro-
fessiOn. He stands perfectly erect and never
moves q muscle when the bali sometimes
passes within an inch or two of his head.
Globe Democrat.
MesSrs. RObt. b. Mcclure, w. b. Day
and Miss Zoe Mcclure and Miss Annie
Clark went mp to Steubenville, yesterday,
where they will remain over Sunday.
Mike Kelly dropped two fly balls while
playing right field IN Mondays game with
the Phillies, and some fresh youth had the
nerve to ask the mighty Michael if he got
so, 900 a year for that kind of work.
The "Old Regulars" of the South Side
have been ~reorganized, and will play the
Browns" of Bellaire next Saturday or
the ~brickyard grounds, in the Eighth
ward. Ger Russell was elected Captain.
The club will accept challenges from any
local club in this vicinity.
The attendance at New Orleans aver
ayes 1900 q day, and the papers of that
city are hauling the management over the
Goals for not hustling around in an en-
deavOr to strengthen the team so as tC
merit the liberal support the club is re-
ceiving.
A report has been circulated in Pitts
burg and vicinity that Frank DuShane was
released by the Wheeling management i'm
mediately after the last game with the
Bells. Dushane was given his release al
his own request in order to accept 4 posi-
ton at the Howell House.
Mallory was in his glory yesterday
Besides pitching the greatest game of thu
season, he led both teams at the hat, ont
of his hits going over the right field fence
dangerously near the 2lO foot line. One
of his admirers presented him with a tint
bouquet, which he accepted with a grace
ful bow and that sad, sweet smile.
Sundays, of the ChicagOs, is a terrific
runner. 1t is extremely doubtful which
can get over the ground the fastest he OF
Brown. Brown runs more gracefully THAI
Sunday, although the latter is not an un
calmly Sprinter by any means. The run
ner who is beaten by the little Chicago
ian, however, doesn't need 10 feel ashamed
of it.
The case of Umpire O'Brien is peculiar
When he took hold up at Steubenville TIN
papers of the town spurned with indigna
ton an insinuation that he was not quit
fair. That was when he decided in fayo
of the Red Stockings. Here in Wheeling
when he made a decision or two agains
Steubenyille, the papers up the rive
Jumped on him. Daes this mean O'Rrie:
is only O. X. when he decides their way
The Steubenville papers are loud in thei
denunCiations of Umpire O'BrieD. 1t i
only fair to that gentleman to say that h,
was impartiality itself in the three game
lust ended here. We would lik,
TO have the Herald tell Il
where he would draw the lin
in regard to running outside the first bas
line. Any base-runner could claim that b.
ran outside the line to get q good start, ant
thus no end of complication and dispute
Also, an explanation of the problem as t
how a player oOuld possibly obstruct an.
player from fielding the ball by running
outside of the line, would he in order
The only man he could prevent from field
ing the ball to first would be the catcher
and he would be more in the way shOul,
he run inside than outside.
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